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ANAS CANADENSIS. 
CANADA GOOSE. 
Cinereous; head and neck black ; cheeks 
and chin white. 
Anas Canadensis, Lin. Gme. 
L'Oie a Cravate, Buffon 
Canada Goose, Pen. Lath, Bew, 
Cravat Goose, Wood. 
The specimen from whence our draw-? 
ing was made, measured three feet four 
inches in length, and the alar extent six 
feet, the weight twelve pounds and a half* 
It was a male bird and must have been 
unusually large, as the average weight 
given by authors, appears to be about nine 
pounds ; it was furnished with a labyrinth 
at the end of the trachea, but as the bird 
was only lent us to make a drawing from, 
we could not examine it. Underneath or 
more properly, between the feathers upon 
the back and rump, were numerous hairs, 
